SR-71 BLACKBIRD FOUNDATION

PHOENIX, AZ 850169065 EIN 831464109

https://WWW.SR-71FOUNDATION.ORG
$8.1M Total Assets (2023)
$4 Avg Yearly Giving (2023–2023)
$4 Giving on File
(1 yr)
1 Grants on File
$4 Avg Grant Size

About

SR-71 BLACKBIRD FOUNDATION FILED ITS CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION WITH THE STATE OF DELWARE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 24, 2023. A COPY IS ATTACHED. NO FORMAL PLAN OF LIQUIDATION WAS ADOPTED. THE ORGANIZATION'S ASSETS HAD CONSISTED OF A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF OPERATING CASH, WHICH WAS DONATED TO THE SALVATION ARMY, AND AN UNCOMPLETED MODEL OF THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD, WHICH WAS ENVISIONED TO BE A WORKING MODEL. ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL WORK DONE TO DATE COULD NOT ESTABLISH ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, SO THE PROJECT WAS TERMINATED. THE UNFINISHED PLANE WAS DESTROYED. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE MATERIALS THERE WAS NO SCRAP VALUE. THE ORGANIZATION HAD ALSO BEEN COMPILING PHOTOS, WRITTEN AND ORAL HISTORIES TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD AIRCRAFT. AT THE TIME OF DISSOLUTION THE COLLECTION HAD CONSISTED OF INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THE INTERNET AND ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. ACCORDINGLY THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL VALUE TO THE COLLECTION AND IT, TOO, WAS ABANDONED.

Focus Areas

International

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone 3104878710

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2019 N/A $4.3M $2.2M N/A
2020 N/A $5.8M $1.5M N/A
2021 N/A $6.5M $782K N/A
2022 N/A $8.1M $1.6M N/A
2023 $4 $0 $-8.1M 1

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 1 grants on record

Minimum
$4
25th Pctl
$4
Median
$4
Average
$4
75th Pctl
$4
Maximum
$4

Geographic Distribution

US Grant Distribution Map

Key Personnel

NameTitleCompensation
JULIE BENNETT TREASURER
CHRISTOPHER BENNETT DIRECTOR
KRYSTYNA ABBA SECRETARY
MORGAN SANDERCOCK DIRECTOR
DENNIS A TITO PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
TIM GARDNER DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2022)
JAMES K YODER TREASURER/DIRECTOR

Grants Awarded (1 total)

RecipientLocationAmountPurposeYear
THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ALEXANDRIA, VA $4 HUMANITARIAN RELIEF 2023